Police have identified the victim in Saturday night's homicide as 16-year-old Lavar Crawford, who was killed in the 1900 block of E. 28th St. in Coldstream Homestead Montebello. Police did not identify a suspect or motive in the shooting. Officers called to the nearby intersection of Hugo and Harford roads around 11:30 p.m. Saturday found Crawford with a gunshot wound to the head, and medics pronounced him dead in less than 20 minutes, police said. Police later revised their report to say he was shot at E. 28th Street.

Angela Agnew brushed aside cigarette butts with her hand as she placed candles on the sidewalk, part of a memorial in front of her parents' Northwest Baltimore home Sunday afternoon. The litter might be unremarkable any other day, but lying right where Loressa "Ressy" Little and Leroy Agnew had tossed them every day from the porch, they served as yet another heartbreaking reminder of a couple gone too soon. Police said the two were gunned down inside their home in the 5200 block of Denmore Ave., in the Arlington neighborhood near Pimlico Racecourse, at about 1:27 a.m. Tuesday.

A 61-year-old man was killed when he was hit by an MTA bus in Northeast Baltimore's Coldstream Homestead Montebello neighborhood Thursday night, police said. The man, who police identified as James Payne, of the 8400 block of Roster Ave, had been standing at a bus stop near the corner of East 32nd Street and The Alameda when he bent down and fell in the street, where the bus hit him, police said. Family members at the scene said he had bent up to pick up gloves he had dropped. Police said witnesses at the scene and on the bus gave accounts of the incident, but anyone with information may call the department's accident investigation team at 410-396-2606.

Two men were killed in separate incidents early Sunday, Baltimore police said. About 7 a.m., police found a man who had been stabbed in the heart in the 600 block of Winston Ave. in the Winston-Govans section of North Baltimore. He was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries. Police later identified the victim as Darryl Dovi of Baltimore. About 1:45 a.m. Sunday, officers found a man shot multiple times in the 1500 block of Gorsuch Ave. in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello section of Northeast Baltimore, police said.

Two men were shot in separate incidents in Baltimore on Wednesday night, according to city police. About 8 p.m., police were called to an area hospital after a man arrived there with a gunshot wound, said Detective Jeremy Silbert, a police spokesman. Police learned hours later from interviewing the victim that he was shot in the 700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, in the city's Seton Hill neighborhood, Silbert said. The man was wounded in the leg and was receiving treatment, Silbert said.

Baltimore police found the body of a man who had been shot in head near City College Sunday. Responding to a report of a shooting, officers found the body about 9 a.m. in the back of a building in the 2800 block Kirk Ave. in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello section of the city, Baltimore Police spokesman Jeremy Silbert said. Homicide detectives are working to determine whether the shooting occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning, he said. The victim has not been identified.

By Kevin Rector and Justin George, The Baltimore Sun | September 25, 2013

Homicide detectives are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a man in Northeast Baltimore late Tuesday night. Baltimore police officers responded to the 1500 block of Upshire Road, in the city's Ednor Gardens-Lakeside neighborhood, about 11:21 p.m., police said. Near the intersection of The Alameda and Loch Raven Boulevard, officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the back. He was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m., police said.

One man was killed and two others injured in separate shooting incidents overnight across the city, police said. The fatal shooting occurred about 6:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of E. 29th St. in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. Detective Jeremy Silbert, a police spokesman, said the man was shot at least once and taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he died in the afternoon. Police identified the man Monday as Dwight Cook, 28, of the same block, but provided no additional information, including a possible motive in the shooting.

By Justin Fenton and Yeganeh June Torbati, The Baltimore Sun | February 9, 2011

Police were investigating an apparent drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in Northeast Baltimore's Rosemont East neighborhood that killed a 21-year-old man. The fatal shooting is the sixth this year in the city's Northeast District, which is one of nine districts but has seen a third of the city's homicides in 2011. The district has seen a sharp uptick in homicides in recent years, and city officials have called for police to shuffle resources and redraw district boundaries. Most of the violence has occurred in the southern part of the district, closer to East Baltimore and Herring Run Park.

Two men were killed in separate incidents early Sunday, Baltimore police said. About 7 a.m., police found a man who had been stabbed in the heart in the 600 block of Winston Ave. in the Winston-Govans section of North Baltimore. He was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries. Police later identified the victim as Darryl Dovi of Baltimore. About 1:45 a.m. Sunday, officers found a man shot multiple times in the 1500 block of Gorsuch Ave. in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello section of Northeast Baltimore, police said.

Baltimore police found the body of a man who had been shot in head near City College Sunday. Responding to a report of a shooting, officers found the body about 9 a.m. in the back of a building in the 2800 block Kirk Ave. in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello section of the city, Baltimore Police spokesman Jeremy Silbert said. Homicide detectives are working to determine whether the shooting occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning, he said. The victim has not been identified.

Police have identified the victim in Saturday night's homicide as 16-year-old Lavar Crawford, who was killed in the 1900 block of E. 28th St. in Coldstream Homestead Montebello. Police did not identify a suspect or motive in the shooting. Officers called to the nearby intersection of Hugo and Harford roads around 11:30 p.m. Saturday found Crawford with a gunshot wound to the head, and medics pronounced him dead in less than 20 minutes, police said. Police later revised their report to say he was shot at E. 28th Street.

A 61-year-old man was killed when he was hit by an MTA bus in Northeast Baltimore's Coldstream Homestead Montebello neighborhood Thursday night, police said. The man, who police identified as James Payne, of the 8400 block of Roster Ave, had been standing at a bus stop near the corner of East 32nd Street and The Alameda when he bent down and fell in the street, where the bus hit him, police said. Family members at the scene said he had bent up to pick up gloves he had dropped. Police said witnesses at the scene and on the bus gave accounts of the incident, but anyone with information may call the department's accident investigation team at 410-396-2606.

By Kevin Rector and Justin George, The Baltimore Sun | September 25, 2013

Homicide detectives are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a man in Northeast Baltimore late Tuesday night. Baltimore police officers responded to the 1500 block of Upshire Road, in the city's Ednor Gardens-Lakeside neighborhood, about 11:21 p.m., police said. Near the intersection of The Alameda and Loch Raven Boulevard, officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the back. He was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m., police said.

One man was killed and two others injured in separate shooting incidents overnight across the city, police said. The fatal shooting occurred about 6:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of E. 29th St. in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. Detective Jeremy Silbert, a police spokesman, said the man was shot at least once and taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he died in the afternoon. Police identified the man Monday as Dwight Cook, 28, of the same block, but provided no additional information, including a possible motive in the shooting.

By Justin George and Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | November 16, 2012

Two men, both 19, walked into a Baltimore hospital Thursday night with gunshot wounds. Police who responded to the hospital about 9:41 p.m. quickly determined both had been shot in the 5300 block of Lantern Court in the city's Westgate neighborhood, police said. Officers were actually on the scene, investigating reports of shots fired, when they were called to an area hospital. One victim was shot in the legs and the other sustained a graze wound to the arm. Baltimore police Det. Vernon Davis described the wounds as minor.

The first person shot in Baltimore in 2012 was a 13-year-old boy who was wounded Sunday night in the Wilson Park neighborhood in the north part of the city, according to a police spokesman. A second person was shot with a pellet gun hours later in an unrelated in Southeast Baltimore. Police said the young teenager was shot multiple times in the body and hand. Few details were available, but authorities said it occurred about 7 p.m. in the 800 block of Oakland Ave., near York Road.

Two men were shot in separate incidents in Baltimore on Wednesday night, according to city police. About 8 p.m., police were called to an area hospital after a man arrived there with a gunshot wound, said Detective Jeremy Silbert, a police spokesman. Police learned hours later from interviewing the victim that he was shot in the 700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, in the city's Seton Hill neighborhood, Silbert said. The man was wounded in the leg and was receiving treatment, Silbert said.